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Common core continues to indoctrinate the young, with bogus history

Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:06 pm
Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
90739 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:06 pm
Afraid to teach children, their actual Rights, and instead interpreting it wrongly...

quote:

United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination:


The Second Amendment: The people have the right to keep and bear arms in a state militia.

The Americans (history textbook):


The Second and Third Amendments – grant citizens the right to bear arms as members of a militia of citizen-soldiers and prevent the government from housing troops in private homes in peacetime.


In Bryant, Arkansas the following “assignment” was handed out to sixth graders



I know it’s a little fuzzy so I’ll highlight the important bits.


“The Government of the United States is currently revisiting The Bill of Rights. They have determined that it is outdated and may not remain in its current form any longer.”

It then goes on to tell the kids, that basically, a poll is being taken to see what can be cut out of the Bill of Rights. It even leads them into thinking that they are participating in a task force called the National Revised Bill of Rights Task Force.


“Your task as a member of the NRBR Task Force is to prioritize, revise, prune two and add two amendments to The Bill of Rights.”

The kids assignment was to cut the Bill of Rights, one of the most important and defining documents in human history, like a drunken plastic surgeon and add LOL’s and emoticons to it so it can be less “outdated.”

Since when is liberty EVER outdated?

Here’s the best part though, after parents complained it came to light that the students hadn’t been taught ANYTHING about how ratifying the Constitution works. They weren’t taught how government actually works but bamboozled into thinking that the Bill of Rights could be easily discarded by some “task force” for being viewed as outdated.

LINK

This post was edited on 3/25/14 at 5:08 pm
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52833 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:10 pm to
By Executive Order, I hereby rescind your 1st Amendment rights. You must delete the OP immediately.

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
91176 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 6:46 pm to
Common Core is the worst thing to happen to schools. It is pure propaganda and indoctrination.

I don't mind a set of standards being applied in schools, and basic criteria that kids must learn, but the books should state facts as they are written, not give biased opinions or interpretations.

Posted by Smalls
Southern California
Member since Jul 2009
10245 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 6:48 pm to
Not saying it's untrue, but there's no real way to confirm that this report is accurate.
Posted by Tiguar
Montana
Member since Mar 2012
33131 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 7:05 pm to
bu-but being anti common core is like being anti vaccination.
Posted by CaptainBrannigan
Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee
Member since Jan 2010
21644 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

The Americans (history textbook):


The Second – grant citizens the right to bear arms as members of a militia of citizen-soldiers


Fact. Also those arms did not have interchangeable parts at the time of the signing.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34531 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 8:54 pm to
No liberal indoctrination going on there.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
67485 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:06 pm to
You form a militia and see how fast the ATF is knocking at your door. So clearly thats not what it means.
Posted by Raz4back
Member since Mar 2011
3958 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:10 pm to
I'm actually shocked that is a lesson in a Bryant school. The proverbial shite may hit the fan over this. Bryant is a very conservative town.
This post was edited on 3/25/14 at 10:15 pm
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63731 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:35 pm to
That is not part of any defined common core curriculum. I call bullshite.
Posted by davesdawgs
Georgia - Class of '75
Member since Oct 2008
20307 posts
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

The Second Amendment: The people have the right to keep and bear arms in a state militia.


Yep, liberal interpolation of the 1st Amendment. Where we fricked up is allowing liberal progressives to take control of nearly every form of education/communication. It's going to be a long road back to sanity.
Posted by SpidermanTUba
my house
Member since May 2004
36129 posts
Posted on 3/26/14 at 2:23 am to
Here's the full relevant text from the textbook, "The Americans", which I am absolutely certain the OP didn't even think about looking up himself because that would take effort:

quote:


The first eight amendments spell out the personal liberties the states had requested.
The First Amendment guarantees citizens’ rights to freedom of religion, speech, the press, and political activity. According to the Second and Third Amendments, the government cannot deny citizens the right to bear arms as members of a militia of citizen-soldiers, nor can the government house troops in private homes in peacetime.


Do you see the bold underlined part? Its pretty clear to all but the mathematically challenged that the textbook is referring to the 2nd amendment - being part of the first 8 - as protecting a PERSONAL liberty. Given that context, its abundantly clear that " a militia of citizen-soldiers" includes every single one of us. This is consistent with the Founder's belief.

This is on page 70, BTW. I noticed neither you nor the moronic blogger you linked to bothered to let us in on that information - its almost as if the blogger didn't want anyone to check his claims out! Imagine that!!!

Tell you what, I'll make it even easier for you and provide a direct link.

LINK


Just to reiterate, the book says:
The first eight amendments spell out the personal liberties the states had requested.



As for Bryant Middle School who gives a frick? There are shitty teachers everywhere, that's what you get when you pay teachers shite.
This post was edited on 3/26/14 at 2:37 am
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35703 posts
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:00 am to
Perhaps I'm misinterpreting the Bryant assignment, but it reads like that task force is just a hypothetical mechanism for the project. It's not saying the BOR is outdated, just for the hypothetical of the project.

Seems like a decent assignment to get kids to ponder their rights and what other rights may be needed.

It could of course also be the liberal boogeyman...
Posted by RoyMcavoy
Member since Jul 2010
1874 posts
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:08 am to
i thought common core was only English/Literature and Math?
Posted by MrTide33
Member since Nov 2012
4353 posts
Posted on 3/26/14 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Alahunter


Aside from the fact that this obviously needs to be explained as not how the Bill of Rights could be revised, in a way, I like how this can get students to think about the rights we have, and what's most important to us.

It should also be explained that the Bill of Rights are great and don't actually need to be updated

ETA: I think the example would be a good exercise for jr. high school.
This post was edited on 3/26/14 at 1:36 pm
Posted by purpngold
Member since Jun 2006
1761 posts
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:08 pm to
For the love of God, this has not a damn thing to do with common core! In fact, the common core standards pertain only to English and math. It's the result of a teacher's poor judgement on which resources to use.
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